Amber Gregory
313 Soda Hall #1776
University of California, Berkeley
EECS Department
Berkeley, CA 94720-1776 Some facts about me:
- I have BAs in Geography and Psychology from UC Berkeley (2006), and an AA in Liberal Arts from Berkeley City College (2004).
- I am currently working toward a professional certificiate in graphic design through UC Berkeley Extension.
- I am obsessed with music, particularly British bands like Blur, The Libertines, The Rakes, Maximo Park, Arctic Monkeys, Babyshambles, and the like, though I am open to almost anything. My husband and I have attended the Coachella Valley Arts & Music Festival in Indio, CA every year since 2004, and I dream of someday attending Glastonbury.
- I was born in Los Angeles, but grew up primarily in Beaverton, Oregon.
- I am a proud, if not a bit oddball, alum of Marlborough School in Los Angeles, where I spent my last two years of high school.
- I married my wonderful husband Scott on August 14th, 2006 on the island of Moloka'i in Hawai'i, which was one week after I joined the staff at EECS.
- I moonlight as a photographer and web designer, where I have ten years of experience.
- I really love science fiction and fantasy novels and television shows. Among my all-time favorites are Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Babylon 5, Orson Scott Card's Ender series, Harry Potter, Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials series, and Dune.
- I am an anglophile to the core. I come from a long line of short, pale, crooked-toothed Brits, though we've all been here for a while—I can trace my lineage back to the Mayflower. I know, go ahead and make fun of me now!
- Scott and I live in San Francisco with our three incredible cats—Jeffy, Zeke, & Mogli.
- My favorite cities outside of the US are (so far) London, England and Vancouver, British Columbia. In the States, I love San Francisco, San Luis Obispo, Monterey, Portland, Boston, and Providence in particular.
- I love everything associated with the ocean and marine life.
- I am a Gemini and an INFJ. What are you?
- My not-so-distant ancestor wrote Taps (see Daniel Butterfield).
- I love football. Capital L Love. I particularly love college football (GO BEARS!) but pro football will do as well. I have loved football since I was a small child.
- I also love watching gymnastics (I used to be a not-very-talented gymnast), figure skating, skiing and other snow sports, and swimming.
- I am a writer, and have participated in National Novel Writing Month for three years so far: 2002, 2003, and 2006.